[XYY syndrome. Report of a case].

Minerva Endocrinol

Centro per le Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Ospedale Civile Umberto I, Venezia Mestre.

Published: June 1992

A sixteen year old boy was admitted to our department for delayed puberty. The personal history was not significant and physical examination revealed only a genital hypogonadism. The endocrinology study of the patient showed a hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. The IQ was low. The personality showed infantilism and aggressive impulses. A karyotype revealed 47,XYY. We discuss here the clinical implications of the case.

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